Join us for a lunchtime seminar with the Executive Director of MiningMinnesota, Julie Lucas, who will share insights on her career path from science to policy and advocacy, and hold a discussion on mining and the clean energy transition in Minnesota.
STEP Seminars are free and open to the public. A light lunch is provided for registrants. Please RSVP at this link: https://z.umn.edu/Nov20STEPSeminarRSVP
About the speaker:
As the Executive Director of MiningMinnesota, Julie Lucas advocates for responsible mining of mineral resources in Minnesota that will “keep the lights on” as our nation undergoes a clean energy transformation. She earned her mining experience serving as the Director of Water Resources for Twin Metals Minnesota, a proposed copper-nickel mine near Ely, Minnesota and as the Environmental Manager of Hibbing Taconite Company, a Cleveland-Cliffs iron ore mine in Hibbing, Minnesota. Julie attended the University of Minnesota-Duluth and has a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and an M.S. in Water Resources Science.